, 1887-04-20
THE BULGARIAN MILITARY
REVOLT
IRON the Times

From the Itmes.)
BUCHAREST, March 8.
The attempted military revolt at Rust
Chuk was put Town with exemplary severity.
The insurgents were completely crushed
and numbers Of them escaped into Rouma.
MIA. They are greatly astonished at their
failure, having been lei to believe that the
population would side with them. The
reports that have reached Bucharest speak
of 200 killed and wounded, but there is no
saying whether these accounts are true.
The refugees who have landed ut GiurgevO
all say that the troops OF the garrison fair
ly swept the streets with their fuSillade.
All the refugees who enter ROumAnia are
being despatched to Bucharest, whence
they will be forwarded to Sugovista, in
the mountains.
The insurgents at SiliStrit also appear
to have been terribly punished. Twenty
officers who Joined in the revolt have escaD.
ed to OStrov. They have been arrested
and papers have been found on some of
them which show that NJ NJ. KaravelOf,
Zanoff, and ZAnkotf were privy to these
nsurrections The whole movement is
believed to have been organized by Bende.
ref, who has been arrested at Calarasi,
and will be brought to Bucharest tomorrow.
The number of killed and wounded at
Silistria is much greater than was reported
at first. The troops behaved very we'll,
fred steadily, and pursued the insurgents
into every hole and corner. We hear that
there is no longer any danger of the insur-
rectiOn extending.
Benuereff is not likely to give trouble
for q long time, as he will have to answer
before a R0umanian Court for having con-
Quoted a conspiracy in this country against
q friendly State.
1t appears that the battalion of Pioneers
stationed at Rustchuk had been corrupted
by the enemies of the Regency. The
battalion attacked the troops of the Line,
who took shelter in the barracks, and
were on the point of surrendering when
the militia interviewed, put an end to the
combat, and dispersed the rebels. It is
believed that the movement is at an end.
The sharp lesson Taught at Rustchuk will
no doubt check the operations of the pro-
f~eSsiondl agitators.
There are now in Silistria 1000 Gov.
eminent troops, while Shumla, Varna,
and RuStchuk are strongly garrisoned.
The people of Rustchuk have offered an
ovation to the militia for their energetic
and patriotic action.
The Bulgarian refugees arriving in
Roumania are disarmed. They consti-
tute an embarrassment for the country,
but they are orderly in their beha-
vi0ur. A search has been made for fu.
gitives on the islets in the Danube, and
several wounded men were captured aud
taken to Rustchuk.
March g..
A Court-martial has been held at Rust
chuk, at which 10 sentences of death were
pronounced, among others against Major.
O~uzounoff, Captains Czernagorof and Boil
man, Lieutenants KriSefS 6Krujuharski,
Trauberski, and Esseef, and a few civil
ans. Major Panoff, Cardjeff, and Zavetkoff
we're sentenced to 10 years. penal servitude.
Elief was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment only on account of his being
severely wounded. He is not likely TO
recover. The Consuls nave taken steps to,
prevent the execution of the condemned
men before an appeal for mercy shall have
been forwarded to Sofia. 1t is probable
that several of the sentences will be con
muted.